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B747-400; belonging to One Air left its crew with no lateral navigation near Amsterdam

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One Air B744 near Amsterdam  two generators failed leaving no lateral navigation A One Air Boeing 747-400 freighter, registration G-ONEE performing flight HC-211 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Hong Kong (China), was climbing out of Heathrow's runway 09R when the crew stopped the climb at FL250, already over the North Sea reporting they had lost two of their four generators and requested radar vectors advising they had no lateral navigation left.  The aircraft initially turned back towards England, then turned again and diverted to Amsterdam (Netherlands) advising they didn't need any fuel dump, and landed safely on Amsterdam's runway 06 about 85 minutes after departure. The aircraft is still on the ground in Amsterdam about 7.5 hours after landing in Amsterdam. More info on flight: https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/GONEE

Fire warning spotlights Cargolux B747-400 over the Atlantic yet again

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Cargolux B744 over Atlantic faces main cargo deck fire warning A Cargolux Boeing 747-400 freighter, registration LX-NCL performing flight CLX-94K from Miami,FL (USA) to Amsterdam (Netherlands) with 3 crew and a cargo load of flowers, was enroute at FL370 over the Atlantic Ocean about one hour out of Shannon (Ireland) when the crew donned their oxygen masks and reported they had a main cargo deck fire warning.  The aircraft diverted to Shannon for a safe landing on runway 24 and stopped on the runway. The crew evacuated the aircraft via an emergency slide. Emergency services found no trace of fire, smoke or heat. The airport was closed for about two hours until the aircraft was towed off the runway. Detailed flight info: https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/LXNCL There had been two similar occurrence with Cargolux B744s in the past:  Cargolux B744 over Atlantic on Feb 1st 2022, cargo smoke indication and;  Cargolux B744 near Shannon on Mar 14th 2014, cargo fire indication, in 2014 th